Government officials gear up for May's Diaspora Property Expo in Canada

A number of personalities, including Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, the Minister of Works, Housing and Water Resources, will grace the 2025 Diaspora Property Expo in Canada in May 2025.

The minister, according to organisers, will lead a delegation made-up of government officials, and top Ghanaian real estate stakeholders to participate in the Diaspora Property Expo Canada, which is scheduled for May 24 and 25, 2025, at the Delta Hotels Toronto Airport and Conference Centre at 655 Dixon Rd, Etobicoke in Toronto.

Diaspora Property Expo is one of Africa’s biggest real estate exhibitions designed for Africans in the diaspora to explore property ownership and investment opportunities back home.

With the spotlight on Ghana in the 2025 edition, Diaspora Property Expo US 2025 was successfully held at the 1735 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 21-23, 2025.

On March 28, 2025, Diaspora Property Expo Canada 2025 was launched at the Ghana Consulate in Toronto; and all is now set for the main Canada edition which is scheduled for May 24 and 25 at the Delta Hotels Toronto Airport & Conference Centre at 655 Dixon Rd, Etobicoke inToronto.

Diaspora Property Expo Canada 2025 is organized by Diaspora Property Investment Ltd, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aim 2 Impact, Made in Ghana Consulting Ltd, Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA), Ministry of Works, Housing and Water Resources, Ghana High Commission in Ottawa, Ghana Consulate in Toronto and other partners.

It comprises conferences, panel discussions, cultural showcase and first-rate presentations from leaders of the Ghanaian real estate space, government officials and personal investors, all sharing worthy insights into how to make useful progress on Ghana’s real estate landscape.

According to Verus Nartey, the Executive Director of Diaspora Property Expo, the Toronto event would offer a wonderful and lively networking sessions where attendees would have the chance to engage with top developers, financial institutions, fellow investors, government officials and other stakeholders from both Ghana and Canada.

“A number of senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Works, Housing and Water Resources will be attending the Canada event,” confirms Julz Ossom, CEO of Aim 2 Impact, co-organisers of the event.

At the launch, the Consul-General of the Ghana Consulate in Toronto touched on the expo's mission to strengthen ties between Ghana and the Canadian diaspora while promoting sustainable and community-driven developments in Ghana.

He assured Ghanaians and people in the diaspora who are interested in acquiring reliable properties in Ghana to make time between May 24 and 25, 2025, to visit the Diaspora Property Expo in Toronto.

In a message to attendees at the Canada launch, Ghana’s Minister of Works, Housing and Water Resources, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, described Ghana’s real estate landscape as evolving and recognition of the diaspora as a key partner in shaping its future.

“Through initiatives like DPE 2025, we are building a bridge that connects the diaspora with verified, credible, and strategic property investment opportunities in Ghana. We invite you our brothers and sisters in Canada to take advantage of this platform and let’s work together to build not just homes but a legacy of prosperity for generations to come,” the minister added.

He was in Philadelphia in March for the United States leg of DPE 2025 and will lead a delegation from Ghana to the Canada edition, including the chief director of his ministry, Rev Yaw Osei.

The President of the Ghana Real Estate Development Association (GREDA), Dr James Orleans Lindsay, will also be present in Toronto this May.

In all, some 21 speakers will feature in the Toronto event.